Automatic butter-dispenser



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E. HARTUNG.

AUTOMATIC BUTTER DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. 1921.

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AUTOMAT'JG BUTTER-DISPENSER.

Specification of Letters Patent. atmtd mmca13., llllt Application filedMarch 30,1921. A Serial No. 457,094.

To all whom it may concern.' Be it known that l, EDMUND HARTUNG, acitizen of `Poland, residing at Jersey City, in the county of l-ludson`and State "of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Automatic ButterDispensers, of which the following is aspeciiication.` b

` This invention relates to improvements in butter molders and cuttersand hasfor its principal object to `provide a device in which loosebutter may be packed, and which will form said butter into squares readyfor serving.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a compressor forpacking the y butter which advances step by step until the entire amountof butter contained within the forming chamber is forced outwardly afterwhich the compressor may be released to return automatically `tooriginal position, `preparatory to Vreceiving an additional Stillanother object of the invention resides `in the `provision of a magazinein which the butter is supported prior to being manually forced into thepress.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be fullyset forth in the following speciiication, claimed and illustrated in theac'- companying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top planview of thisimproved butter former.

Fig. 2 is a front View in elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the device.

Fig. Ll is a sectional view on line 4-4C of Fig.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. l showing portions broken away to moreclearly illustrate the details of construction. Fig. 6 1s a sectionalview on line 6--6 of Fig.

Referring to the drawings `in detail the numeral 10 designates in itsentirety the magazine into which the loose butter is placed, whichmagazine consists of a pair of rectangular bands 11 and 12, which areconnected by a series of strips 13 and the end walls of the magazine111.`

Supported beneath said magazine is a i trough 15 on the upper edges ofwhich guide rollers 16 of the compressor 17 are adapted to engage. Asillustrated in the drawings the upper side of the trough is open toreceive the contents of the magazine 10, and it will be obvious thatmatter pressed from the magazine into the trough may then be forcedbythe compressor 17 through an outlet openinglS formed in a ,die plate19, arranged at the end. of the trough.

Suitable outwardly extendingiianges 2O are formed on the plate andsurround the openlng 18 to provide shearing edges for a purpose `to bemore fully hereinafter described. Secured adjacent the rear end of thetrough 1s abracket 21 in which the rear end of/a worm shaft 22 isrotatably mounted. The forward end of said shaft is journaled in theplate 19 `near the opening 18, and carries a spur gear 23 which isarranged to mesh with an intermittent gear mounted for rotation with ashaft 25 the outer end of which is provided with a hand wheel 26.Slidably mounted on the worm shaft 22 is a block 27 provided nearopposite ends with inwardly extending pins 28 adapted to engage in thegroove of the shaft 22 so that as said shaft is rotated the block willbe advanced. A suitable connecting member 29 connects the block with thecompressor 17 and it will thus be seen that as the wheel 26 is rotatedthe gear 23 will he intermittently rotated so as to advance thecompressor step by step.

In order to sever the proper quantity of butter from the main body, anarm 30 is carried by the shaft 25 and extends radially therefrom, andthe outer free end of said arm is provided with an inwardly extendingmember 31 to which is secured the outer end of a cutting wire 32, theinner end of which is attached as at 33 to the intermittent gears 211.

ln order to return the compressor to original position, a volute spring34 is arranged adjacent one end of the shaft and the inner end of saidspring is attached to the shaft while the outer end may be secured tothe side of the trough 15. A ratchet wheel 35 is secured to the shaftand pivotally mounted for coperation with said ratchet wheel is a pawl36 which is arranged to pre vent the reverse rotation of the shaft underthe influence of the spring 84.

After a charge of butter has been forced `from the trough and it isdesired to return the compressor to original position, the pawl 36 maybe released and the shaft 22 will rotate in a direction to withdraw thecompressor. It will be understood'if so desired a suitable buffer spring37`may be arranged at the rear end ofthe shaft 32 so that as the block27 is moved rearwardly it will not forcibly strike the bracket 21.

In use it will be seen that .upon rotating the hand wheel 26 the teethof the intermittent gearV 24 will engage the teeth of the gear 23 tocause the same to rotate in a direction to advance the compressor andthe butter contained in thetrough between the compressor and the plate19 will be forced outwardly through the opening 18 so that when the wire32 passes across the flange 20that portion of the butter vprojectingbeyond the flange will be severed thus forming a square of butterreadyto be served.

VWhile in the foregoing there has Y been shown and described thepreferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood thatcertain minor changes in the details of construction, combination andarrangements of parts may be resorted to without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

- l. A device of the class described comprising a trough, a compressoroperable within the trough to force matter contained in said troughthrough one end of said trough, means to intermittently advance thecompressor7 means associated with the advancing means for severing thatportion of the contents of the trough forced beyond its end and meansfor permitting the compressor to automatically return to withdrawnposition.

2. A device of the class described comprising a magazine, a troughsupported beneath said magazine and adapted to receive the contentsthereof, a compressor within the trough, one end of said trough beingopen,

means to intermittently advancethe compressor toward the open end of thetrough, a severing wire adapted to sweep the open end of the trough, tocut that portion of the contents of the trough forced beyond its endfrom the portion of the contents remaining in the trough, and automaticmeans for withdrawing the compressor.

In witness whereof I allix my signature.

EDMUND HARTUNG.

